Fly-trap.



W. I. WAGGONBR.

FLY. TRAP. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 17, 1912.

1,073,1 90. Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

6 WI. I l/61 0067.

COLUMBIA PILANODRAPN CO., WASHINGTON. D. C-

STATES PATENT @FFTQE.

WILLIAM I. wAeeoN'un, or BURLINGTON, INDIANA FLY-TRAP.

Specification of Letters Patent. t m t 15, 1913 Applicatitin filed October 17, 1912. Serial No. 726,340.

To all whom it may concern: 'Be it known that 1, WILLIAM I. WAG- GONER, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Burlington, in the county of Carroll and Stateof Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fly-Traps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to traps for catching flies and other insects and has for one of its objects the provision of a trap adapted to be mounted on a screen door or window andprovided with means by which the insects on either side of the screen fabric may be lured into the trap and .kept imprisoned.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a fly trap adapted to be mounted as stated above, and having in combination therewith a trail arranged along one side of the trap into which the insects that have already been imprisoned may proceed and serve as a lure to induce other insects to enter the trap.

My invention will be described in'detail hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of my improved trap showing it mounted on the screen fabric of a door or window; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the trap; and, Fig. 3, a fragmental front view of the entrance to the trap.

In the drawings similar reference characters will be used to represent corresponding parts throughout the several views.

My improved trap "is, as stated above,

adapted to be mountedupon the screen fab ric of a screen door or window such as A in Fig. 1, an opening being made in said screen fabric as indicated at B to receive the mouth of the trap, said trap mouth be ing secured to the screen fabric around the edges of the opening B in any suitable manner.

The trap is constructed of screen fabric and comprises an entrance chamber 1 having an opening 2 in which is secured a conical shaped entrance 3 having a reduced opening 4 admitting into the chamber 1, the walls of said opening 2 being removably secured to thewalls of the opening B in the screen fabric, said chamber 1 extending exteriorly of the screen door or window. Mounted in the lower portion of the chamher 1 is another entrance consisting of an inclined conical member 5 secured in the walls of an opening 6, and having a reduced orifice opening mto. the interior of the chamber 1.

Rising from the upper side of the chamber 1 is a cylindrical chamber 8 having mounted therein a series of conical passageways 9, having their larger ends secured in rings 10, that are formed of strips of metal bent on themselves and the edges of the conical passage-ways clamped between the parallel portions of said rings formed thereby. The upper ends of the conical passageways 9 have the restricted openings 12 through which the insects crawl in proceeding to the upper portion of the trap, it being common knowledge that flies naturally proceed in an upward direction while crawling on a substantially vertical surface.

The upper edgeof the cylindrical chamber 8 is secured between the folded back portions of a strip of metal bent into a circular shape and forming a ring 13 between the bent back sides of which is clamped the upper edge of the cylindrical chamber 8, and 14 indicates a flanged cap to close the opening formed by said ring 13. Secured to said cap 14 is a loop or staple 15 to which is adapted to be secured a cord or wire 16 to one of its terminals and having its other terminal adapted to be secured to the upper portion of the screen dOor or window to help support the upper end of v the trap.

Mounted on one side of the cylindrical chamber 8 is a tubular member 17 communicating with the cylindrical chamber 8 above the uppermost passage-way 9 as shown at 18, and having its lower extremity extended into the chamber 1 as shown at 19, said tubular member 17 being adapted to permit the imprisoned insects to proceed therethrough and serve as a lure to the flies without the trap to enter the trap, and at the same time preventing said imprisoned flies from leaving the trap, as the lower extremity 19. is closed and the insects within said tubular member 17 return therethrough into the upper end of the trap.

20 indicates a receptacle secured below the lowermost passage-way 9 in the chamber 1 by means of flexible members 21, that is adapted to containany suitable bait to entice the flies within the chamber 1, and 22 indicates a similar receptacle mounted at the upper portion of the cylindrical chamber 8, by means of flexible members 23,

that is adapted to contain a similar bait to' entice the flies to crawl up to the upper portion of the trap.

In use, it will be apparent that by securing my improved trap to the screen fabric A, as stated, and having the trap extending outwardly of the door or window, the insects on the inner side of the screen door or window in 'endeavoring to get out of the window will crawl into the opening 2 of the trap and proceed along the conical entrance 3 and through the restricted opening 4 into the chamber 1. Likewise, the insects on the outside of the screen in crawling up the screen and endeavor-ing to gain entrance to the room will enter the opening 6 in the under side of the chamber 1 and proceed through the conical entrance and restricted opening 7 into the chamber 1. It will also be apparent that the insects within the chamber 1 will be lured from the openings 7 4L and 7 in the entrance by means of the bait within the receptacle 20, and will each leaving the bait in the receptacle 2O proceedupwardly through the conical passage-ways. Few, if any of them, will be able to return. to the lowermost portion of the trap, and ,will be prevented from doing so to a large extent by the bait within the receptacle 22 to the uppermost portions of the cylindrical chamber 8; As heretofore stated, some of the insects in the uppermost portions of the cylindrical chamber 8 will find the opening 18 to the tubular member 17, and by proceeding up and down therein will serve as a lure to entice the flies without the trap to enter it.

. After a suflicient number of flies have entered the trap, it may be removed from the screen fabric and the flies destroyed in any manner desired and the trap emptied ing reduced orificesextending into said chamber, said chamber being provided with another opening in its lower portion, a conical entrance extending inwardly of the chamber from saidopening and having a reduced orifice communicating with the interior of the chamber, a cylindrical cham ber extending upwardly from the first mentioned chamber, conical shaped passage ways arranged in series in said cylindrical chamber, and havingreduced orifices extending upwardly thereof, a tubularmember mounted on one side of said cylindricalchamber and communicating therewith above the upper of the sald conical passageways, the lower extremity of the said tubular 7 member extending into the first mentioned" chamber, a bait receptaclesuspended in the first mentioned chamber, a bait receptacle suspended in the upper portion-of said cylindrical chamber, and a removable cap mounted on the uppen extremity of the cylindrical-chamber, r i

In testimony whereof I affix'my' signature in presence of two witnesses.

I W. LWVAGGONER. Witnesses: 1

J. R. LANDIS, DELLA ZINN.

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Washington, D. G. 

